Longview News-Journal from Longview, Texas • Page 2

Community Wednesday, June 19, 1991 2-A EAST TEXAS Kilgore College phone registration may end long lines system made it impossible to buy prepackaged software for the telephone registration project But Nixon says the school took advantage of the talents of Thrower and others to develop and implement KASY. Complete instructions, worksheet and course codes are in the 1991 Fall Schedule. All first-time itfi: Legion officer visits Longview Thursday Wes Vaughn, Department Service Officer of the American Legion will be in Longview on Thursday. Vaughn, a veteran of the United States Air Force, will be available at American Legion Post No. 140 from 7 p.m.

to answer questions regarding benefits for veterans and their dependents and to assist interested individuals in filing claims with the Department of i Veterans Affairs. Marshall native Miss Louisiana Christi Page, a native of Marshall, was crowned Miss Louisiana Saturday nigh in the Monroe, Academic Skills Program test and physical educational classes. KASY allows a student to register up to two semesters in advance, Thrower said. "It saves a lot of man-hours because most students already know what they need to take, and it doesn't tie up faculty and staff in registration." In fact, there are 12 separate telephone lines at KASY's disposal, allowing for 12 students to register at one time, said Tom Nixon, director of data processing. And since the school installed the equipment itself and Thrower wrote and developed KASY's software, tht school saved anywhere from $50,000 to $100,000, officials said.

Thrower modestly says the school's own customized computer By Michael Ramey East Texas Editor KILGORE It there is one thing college students despise, it's class registration. But Kilgore College administrators, with a little help from KASY, are trying to make the long lines for course selection a thing of the past. Kilgore's Automated Sign-up System, fondly called KASY, will allow current or returning students to register for classes, change their schedules and find out what their tuition and fee bills will be, said Ann Thrower, systems analyst for the college. "And the whole process takes place on a Touch-tone telephone," said Thrower, who helped design and implement the program. Students only have to call one phone number, 983-3900, to talk to KASY, and the computer voice system leads them through the registration process, she said Registration by telephone continues through July 5, and picks up again July 22 Aug.

IS. KASY first asks the student to punch in hisher Social Security number and birth date in order to verify the person's previous enrollment and identity. KASY then asks the student in which semester heshe would like to enroll, and the course numbers they are selecting. The four-digit numbers corresponding with the classes are found in the college's Schedule of Classes issued for the Summer Semester and Fall Semester, Thrower said. "The system checks the course Complete instructions, worksheet and course codes are in the 1991 Fall Schedule.

and if it is full, asks the student to make another selection," Thrower said. "Once the schedule is completed, it tallies the student's tuition and fee charges. All the information is stored directly into the colege mainframe, where it records student enrollment figures and the name of each student in each college course." The system also informs a student if there are special requirements heshe needs to meet in course selection. These include developmental requirements for students who do not pass the required Texas dents entering Kilgore College must see an adviser before tele-re g-istering, officials said Returning students, who did not attend the school's Spring 1991 semester, must update their existing admissions file with new infor mation and transcripts before registering. For more information about the' tele-registration system, call the college registrar's office, 983204.

civic center. i 'Hit .11 I Page, the daughter off Jimmy and Longview man stabbed when Kaye Page of Marshall, is a Corps sets hearings on a barge canal Plan would link Lake O' the Pines, Caddo Lake senior at Loui-I family argument turns violent siana Tech University, where she is 4 I majoring in pi ano and vocal ic boom if the area is opened to barge traffic. Outspoken opponents include members of Greater Caddo Lake Association, who claim the lake's ecology could be altered and harmed by allowing barge traffic across the shallow waters. Corps officials said the project was authorized by Congress in 1968, based on a 1966 report with" 1964-vintage data. Officials are in the process of preparing a cost-benefit ratio study, and do not yet know what the project would cost But if general inflation factors -were applied to the data in the' 1966 report, they estimate the project would cost $660 million.

In conjunction with environ: mental impact and economic feasi bility studies, officials are con-, ducting the workshops so they can make presentations to interested parties, and then receive public input from supporters and By Jerry Graham Staff Writer The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will hold a series of work shops next week to receive public reaction to digging a barge canal through Caddo Lake and Lake O' The Pines. The canal, first proposed in 1968, would run from the Red River in Shreveport through the two lakes to a terminal and turning basin near Lone Star Steel on the northern shore of Lake O' The Pines A workshop is scheduled for 7 p.m. Monday in the tfaude Cobb Activity Center in Longview, followed by another at 7 p.m. Tuesday at the high school in Hughes Springs.

A third is set for 7 p.m. Thursday in the Donnie Bickham Middle School in Oil City near Shreveport. Among those pushing the project is Jim Chenoweth, vice president of corporate affairs for Lone Star Steel; who projects an econom for a camp in Lampasas for underprivileged, homeless or abuse children. Vehicle burglary probed Local authorities were investigating the burglary of a vehicle on Monday, police said. The owner of the car told police that a videocassette recorder, a Nintendo games and a cassette tape were taken from the vehicle, which was parked in a parking lot in the 1800 block of W.

Loop 281, according to police report. Break-in reported Paul's Photography, 325 S. High, was the victim of a break-in on Tuesday, authorities said. Just before 4 a.m., Longview police responded to an alarm at the business. Officers discovered that a plate glass window had been broken out and police believe that a baseball bat may have been used.

Nothing was reported taken In the incident .221 calls answered Longview Police Department answered 221 calls for service on Monday. Reports show police investigated 27 theft cases, with six involving vehicle burglaries. Five burglaries were reported on Monday, reports said. A 25-year-old Longview man was' stabbed early Tuesday by his wife when an argument the two were having turned violent. Apparently, the man had stayed out most of Monday night, and when he arrived home in the 300 block of Gates Street an argument broke out between he and his wife, reports said.

About 6:50 a.m., the argument started again, and the woman took a 7yj-inch butcher knife and began slicing the tires on the family car, reports said. When her husband tried to stop the assault on the car, the woman apparently stabbed him in the stomach, reports said. Police arrived and arrested the woman, but the man refused to be transported by ambulance to the hospital, opting to drive himself to the facility. No information was available Tuesday on the man's condition. Assault investigated Longview police were investigating Tuesday the aggravated assault of a local teen-ager in which several gunshots were fired, authorities said.

The 17-year-old victim told police that he and a friend had gone to a residence in the 500 Police beat block of Jones Street to visit another friend, police reports said. As the two men got out of their vehicle someone with a small-caliber handgun began firing at them, police reports said. The men were able to escape the gunfire uninjured, police said. LPD not seeking funds The Longview Police Department Tuesday repeated an advisory that they are not involved in a fund-raiser by the Police Activities League of Texas. The department said two weeks ago that the organization is soliciting funds in Longview, and Sgt David Hazel said Tuesday the group is still seeking donations in Gregg County.

Hazel said the Austin-based organization Is a legal non-profit organization, but the police department doesn't receive any profits. The department received numerous phone calls concerning the organization's recent fund-raising efforts in Longview. Michelle Gonzalez, of the Police Activities League said, the organization is raising funds Harrison County jail will cost $5 million performance Page and minoring in journalism. She has had 12 years of special training in piano. Competing as Miss Caney Creek, Page won the ttilent competition with her performance of "Great Balls of Fire," pushing back her piano bench and standing to sing and play the last notes.

Her official role as Miss Louisiana has already begun. She was introduced to the Louisiana Legislature on Tuesday and had lunch with Gov. Buddy Roemer. While serving as Miss Louisiana, she will continue her work with R.A.C.E. (Reaching, Achieving, Challenging and Enduring) and her work the the handicapped, elderly and illiterate.

She will compete in the Miss America pageant Sept. 11-15 in Atlantic City, N.J. Assemblies of God holding camp meeting The Longview Section of the Assemblies of God is sponsoring an old-fashioned Pentecostal Camp meeting 7 p.m. today and Thursday. Services will be at First Assembly of God, 2900 North Fourth Street.

Guest speakers will be the Rev. J. Don George and the Rev. B.H. Clendennen with musical guests The Singing Lundstroms.

George will speak tonight. He recently led Calvary Temple in a $10 million building program with an annual income of $2.8 million. The Rev. B.H. Clendennen is a camp meeting Bible teacher, missionary evangelist and pastor of Victory Assembly of God in Beaumont.

Celtic heritage group names officers The newly organized Celtic Heritage Society of East Texas will formally install its first slate of officers 7 p.m. Thursday in the Greggton Community Center. Officers include Tom Dealy, president; Jim Sturrock, vice-president; Nancy Doss, secretary; and Bill McReynolds, Treasurer. Future meetings of the Celtic Heritage Society will be on the third Thursday of each month. Anyone interested can attend.

Gregg Demos set meeting Thursday Due to a change of plans, Gregg County Democrats have scheduled a meeting at 7 p.m Thursday in the third floor commissioner's court room at the Gregg County Courthouse. KETK plans move to Tyler location By Gail Bail News-Journal correspondent MARSHALL The new jail is going to cost Harrison County taxpayers $3,050,000 plus 7.2 percent interest over 15 years, for a total of $5,150,554.50. Bonds were sold Tuesday to Bank One Texas during the regular Harrison County Commissioners Court meeting. Ground breaking for the 96-bed structure is slated for September, and completion is scheduled in less than a year after construction begins. The new jail will be built on the grounds south of the courthouse.

Commissioners also got an update from George McClelland on the 911 system due to go on line in Harrison County September 11. "That's 911, 1991." McClelland said. Mapping is nearly complete, and all the emergency equipment needed in both the city and the county is in place. Public education about how to use the system will begin sometime in August "We don't Want to start too soon." McClelland said. "Once we start, people will think 911 is in operation.

We don't want that" (USPS 319-000) A Cox Newspaper Vol. 60 No 170 Suit seeks forfeiture of cash, scales By Jerry Graham Staff Writer A lawsuit seeking forfeiture of $660 cash and a set of scales has been filed against a Long-view man arrested for possession of 20 baggies of cocaine while on Prosecutors filed Jibe suit in 188th District Court against L.D. Reedy, 57, who six months before his arrest had been paroled on a 50-year, prison sentence for another cocaine case. In the latest case. Reedy was jailed under a $100,000 bond on a charge of aggravated possession of a controled substance.

The Gregg County Organized Drug Enforcement Unit (CODE) obtained a search warrant on June 6 and raided Lucky Recreation Center, a pool hall which Reedy operated at 210 W. Marshall, officers said. Inside the hall, they found baggies of cocaine hidden in various places, including in cardboard boxes, a salad dressing jar, a cleaning rag and a dictionary. In addition to the cocaine, officers said they found a set of digital scales and in Reedy's wallet they found $660 in cash. Business Retail ad billing Accounts payable 237-7705 Dial us direct To subscribe, delivery questions Retail advertising Classified advertising By Angela Martin Staff Writer KETK Region 56's Jacksonville office has plans to move to a new location at 4300 Loop 323 in Tyler, bringing along with it about 60 jobs.

Phil Hurley, president and general manager, said the television station is moving from a building to and building a new NBC affiliated station, KLSB-TV, Channel 19 in Nacogdoches, which is expected to sign on Sept. 1. "What we're doing is growing rather rapidly," Hurley said. "With the ability to cover the LufkinNacogdoches area with Channel 19, It also gives us the ability to -move this facility to Tyler, allowing us to cover the LongviewTyler area in a better fashion by moving to one of the two major cities in our markets." 56 will Incorporate Tjongview and Tyler's coverage into one newscast to encompass both areas: This will result in many changes for present staff in Longview and Jacksonville. Kyle Langley, Longview sports anchor, will become anchor at Channel 19 in Nacogdoches, while main anchor Bob Brackeen will be moved to weekend anchor for the new TylerLongview newscast, and co-anchor Kimber-ly King will become weekend weather anchor.

"We will be introducing a new anchor in Longview, Stefany Strong," Hurley said. "She will be our main Longview anchor coming from Baltimore, WMAR-TV in Baltimore. What we will be doing is a newscast that has our main anchors, Leslie Roberts and Paul Anderson (from Jacksonville) anchoring from Tyler and Stefany will be in Longview." Strong will join the Longview staff July 1, when other changes in the Longview studio will bring the staff number to 15. "This will allow us to continue to cover Longview and Gregg County in the most comprehensive way possible," Hurley said. "Well have a much larger staff and when we combine Longview with Tyler, well be the only station in East Texas with an anchor in Longview." Hurley said Region 56 will discontinue Longview News-Journal columnists, with the exception of the Answer Line, then added that his company believes that Longview viewers want to know what is happening regionally, without giving up local coverage.

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